Spencer v. Bennet

The complainant alleges that the respondents are owners of the brig “ Mary Ellen,” and a cargo of lumber, part of which is on board, and the balance on the wharf in Honolulu, adjacent to said brig ; and that Thomas Spencer, one of the respondents and owners aforesaid, residing at Hilo, was duly authorized to make sale of said cargo, and that he did enter into a contract with him for the delivery of the same' about the 1st of Eeb., when it should arrive at Hilo, at twenty dollars per thousand feet for boards, and five dollars per thousand for shingles, of which there was a memorandum in…